zasanya Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 [hv=d=n&v=n&s=sa10xhkqdaxxcjxxxx]133|100|Scoring: IMPSetting:Important event 10 board match;Winner takes 1st placeBidding :1NT-x-?[/hv] 1NT=15-17;dbl for majors.What to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 I redouble for penalties. If partner can double then I'm happy to defend. I have so much strength that if they can't find a fit, defending likely pays more than the game bonus. If Partner can't double then I will bid 3NT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 Oh, and "not to slam" of course, unless something unusual happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 Time to pull out the blue card, avenger of poor opposing agreements. RDBL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 Redouble, assuming it is not conventional. This hand is not a slam-going hand. Too many honors in short suits. If the opps did not bid over 1NT, I was going to bid game. Why should I try for slam now when they tell me that my major suit cards are worth less than I thought they were? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 You send it back, and send it right now mister - blue card followed by doubles at each and every opportunity unless pard can't hit 2H; then you think about 3NT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 You send it back, and send it right now mister - blue card followed by doubles at each and every opportunity unless pard can't hit 2H; then you think about 3NT. I wouldn't double 2♠ if partner can't. Not at these colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 If pard had three-four spades I would smack it around; a doubleton tho and then I would yank it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 Your posts in this thread do not make sense to me Dwayne, maybe I'm missing part of the slang. In your first post you said redouble and keep doubling unless partner can't double 2H. In your second post (the way I understand it) you say you don't want to defend 2S if partner has a doubleton spade. How is this going to work out for you, does partner need to pull your penalty double with a doubleton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 This is a good auction for Weasel, which I have had successfully used against me on several occasions. The idea is that a fast double by partner indicates a four-card trump holding, and should be left in. A slow double shows a three-card trump holding, which we can leave in when the suit is spades and remove when the suit is hearts. A pass shows a two-card trump holding and we bid 3NT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 Adam, I gather this convention is "modern" and "progressive" thusly worthy of inclusion in the next ACBL encyclopedia edition? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnszsun Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 If opps' double is conventional, then i can redouble to show cards.But, if the double is cards-showing, then my redouble are SOS, forcing my partner to bid 2♣, i may pass or correct to 2♦.Maybe not efficient, but to me, it's easy to understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zasanya Posted August 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 [hv=d=n&v=n&s=sa10xhkqdaxxcjxxxx]133|100|Scoring: IMPSetting:Important event 10 board match;Winner takes 1st placeBidding :1NT-x-?[/hv] 1NT=15-17;dbl for majors.What to do?Ty for all the replies.Just to complete the story.. I was the NT bidder.My hand was ♠ Kx♥Axx♦kxxx♣AKxx.LHO the dblr had ♠QJxxx♥jxxxx♦x♣Qx.If my P had redoubled I think 2M goes 5dn, if not 6. + 1100 or 1400.My P believing the dblr [who is a real expert with a 'conservative bidder reputation'(!)] bid 3NT! On ♠Q lead 13 tricks rolled home.+720.On the other table they were playing 14-16NT and 17 + ♣.Dealer opened 1♣ and they easily bid 6♣.-139012 imps lost.Worse, P thought he was "not aggressive enough" so tried to make up on another board and we lost that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 [hv=d=n&v=n&s=sa10xhkqdaxxcjxxxx]133|100|Scoring: IMPSetting:Important event 10 board match;Winner takes 1st placeBidding :1NT-x-?[/hv] 1NT=15-17;dbl for majors.What to do? Hi, chances for slam are remote.The only question I have to answer,do we go for blood, or do we play 3NT. Given the vulnerability, we need to beattheir contract -3 to -4 to be break even,so I would simply bid 3NT and be done with it, but I can understand XX. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 A primed-out 17-count like you held is way too strong for 1NT, IMO. Compare the two following hands: ♠Kx ♥Axx ♦Kxxx ♣AKxx♠Kx ♥QJx ♦QJxx ♣KQJx Both are in the "15-17" range, of course, but I personally would not open the first 1NT because it is too strong, and I might not open the second 1NT because it is too weak. I'd open a minor with this hand, and partner's 14-count will surely convince him later to bid the slam, or me if he shows that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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